4th-3rd centuries BCE
AE 14.84mm 2.30g
Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right
Reverse: ΟΡΘΙΕΙΩΝ, forepart of horse right emerging from rocks, olive tree spring from top of rock; all within wreath
Rogers 422; BCD Thessaly II 501
Ex Marc Breitsprecher
The ancient city of Orthe was mentioned by Homer, although there has been some confusion between it and Phalanna. Strabo states that it was the acropolis of Phalanna, while Pliny the Elder says that they were different cities.
Since they had different coinage, I’m apt to agree with Pliny.